2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Reactor monitoring with compact neutrino detector through neutron TOF and direction measurement.
| Project/Area Number |
26610064
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
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| Research Institution | Kitasato University (2015-2016)
Niigata University (2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
Iwata Shuichi
MATSUI Tatsuaki
YAMASAKI Akane
TORIZAWA Takehiro
SHIBATA Atsushi
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 原子炉 / ニュートリノ / 中性子検出器 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We developed small detector, which can measure anti-electron neutrino from reactor.It measure a direction and velocity of neutron generated by inverse beta decay. Therefore high efficiency at neutron detection is necessary. We have evaluated the capability of 6Li glass scintillator and Plastic scintillator with Gadolinium, and compare those with 3He gas chamber.As a result,we found 6Li glass has low transparency. Gd+Plastic scintillator has poor position resolution. Both candidates are not useful since those capability not enough to reduce noise events.
We couldn't perform the measurement close to reactor since the reactor has not been activated due to the maintenance to suit the revised security condition.
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| Free Research Field |
素粒子物理学(実験)
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